Zhang Lin, Shi Xiao-Lei, Shang Hongjing, Gu Hongwei, Chen Wenyi, Li Meng, Huang Daxing, Dong Hao, Wang Xiaolei, Ding Fazhu, Chen Zhi-Gang
Key Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity and Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Nat Commun. 2025 May 29;16(1):5002. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-60284-5.
Flexible thermoelectric materials and devices hold enormous potential for wearable electronics but are hindered by inadequate material properties and inefficient assembly techniques, leading to suboptimal performance. Herein, we developed a flexible thermoelectric film, comprising AgSe nanowires as the primary material, a nylon membrane as a flexible scaffold, and reduced graphene oxide as a conductive network, achieving a record-high room-temperature ZT of 1.28. Hot-pressed AgSe nanowires exhibited strong (013) orientation, enhancing carrier mobility and electrical conductivity. Dispersed reduced graphene oxide further boosts electrical conductivity and induces an energy-filtering effect, decoupling electrical conductivity and the Seebeck coefficient to achieve an impressive power factor of 37 μW cm K at 300 K. The high-intensity between AgSe and reduced graphene oxide interfaces enhance phonon scattering, effectively reducing thermal conductivity to below 0.9 W m K and enabling the high ZT value. The nylon membrane endowed the film with exceptional flexibility. A large-scale out-of-plane device with 100 pairs of thermoelectric legs, assembled from these films, delivers an ultrahigh normalized power density of >9.8 μW cm K, outperforming all reported AgSe-based flexible devices. When applied to the human body, the device generated sufficient power to operate a thermo-hygrometer and a wristwatch, demonstrating its practical potential for wearable electronics.
柔性热电材料及器件在可穿戴电子领域具有巨大潜力,但受材料性能欠佳及组装技术低效的制约,导致性能未达最优。在此,我们研制了一种柔性热电薄膜,其主要材料为AgSe纳米线,柔性支架为尼龙膜,导电网络为还原氧化石墨烯,实现了创纪录的室温热电优值ZT为1.28。热压AgSe纳米线呈现出强烈的(013)取向,提高了载流子迁移率和电导率。分散的还原氧化石墨烯进一步提高了电导率,并产生了能量过滤效应,使电导率与塞贝克系数解耦,在300 K时实现了高达37 μW cm K的功率因子。AgSe与还原氧化石墨烯界面间的高强度增强了声子散射,有效降低了热导率,使其低于0.9 W m K,从而实现了高ZT值。尼龙膜赋予了该薄膜卓越的柔韧性。由这些薄膜组装而成的具有100对热电腿的大规模面外器件,提供了>9.8 μW cm K的超高归一化功率密度,优于所有已报道的基于AgSe的柔性器件。当应用于人体时,该器件产生的电量足以为一个温湿度计和一块手表供电,展示了其在可穿戴电子领域的实际应用潜力。
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